Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mark Prisk (Conservative), on Tuesday, 10 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 26 members in total.

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FUNDING FOR HERTFORDSHIRE'S DISPOSAL OF REFRIGERATORS

That this House notes that the Government proposes to fund the additional costs to Hertfordshire County Council, as a result of implementing Article 16(2) of EC Regulation 2037/00 on Ozone Depleting Substances, in the period from 1st April 2002 to 31st March 2003, by means of a special grant allocation of ??790,169; further notes that the estimated actual cost to Hertfordshire County Council for the storage and disposal of redundant refrigerators during this period is ??1,100,000, and that in addition to the estimated cost to Broxbourne Borough Council, East Hertfordshire District Council and Hertsmere Borough Council, Three Rivers District Council of ??30,954, ??22,000, ??55,575 and ??63,587 respectively, unknown costs for the collection of redundant refrigerators are also being incurred by Dacorum Borough Council, North Hertfordshire District Council, Stevenage Borough Council, Watford Borough Council and Welwyn Hatfield District Council; recognises thereby that the total extra cost in Hertfordshire County Council is in excess of ??1,272,116; and, in view of the statement by the Minister for the Environment, the Right honourable Member for Oldham, West and Royton on local authority funding that 'We are ... taking the realistic view that if extra duties are imposed they should be reasonably funded. That is the Government's policy' (Official Report, 14th January, c125), calls upon the Government to make clear how it intends to fund the shortfall in Hertfordshire County Council which will not be less than ??481,947.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

342 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Finance EU law Electrical goods Refrigerators Waste disposal Hertfordshire

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk